Features: - Remanufactured Daily Driver Crate Engine for Duramax LLY
- Rated for 500HP
- Fully balanced for variety of applications
- Upgraded components ensure reliability
- Comes standard with high-quality head studs
- Designed for a drop in replacement
- Professional Installation is recommended
- Backed by a 1-Year / 20,000 Mile Warranty
Daily Driver Crate Engine by Choate Engineering
Elevate your 2004.5-2005 GM 6.6L Duramax LLY experience with the Choate Engineering Short Block Daily Driver Crate Engine, carefully crafted for those who demand both reliability and performance in their daily driving and moderate towing activities. This engine is not just a replacement; it's an upgrade, engineered to deliver up to 500 HP, making it the ideal choice for spirited daily driving and consumer-level towing. At the heart of this Choate engine lies a precision-machined 6.6L LLY Duramax Short Block, with every component fine-tuned for optimal performance. The cylinder bores are blueprint bored and diamond honed with unparalleled precision, ensuring precise piston to cylinder bore clearances. This meticulous attention to detail extends to the crankshaft, which is honed to perfection, aligning precisely within the engine block for unmatched smoothness and durability.
High-Quality Construction & Design
The engine's reliability is further enhanced by new, upgraded pistons, weight-matched to the nearest .0001 inch to the cylinder bores and balanced with the rotational assembly for smooth operation. This short block also features new OE lifters, lifter guides, and updated pushrods, ensuring every component works in harmony for a reliable and efficient performance. Moreover, this crate engine comes with a host of upgrades over the Model C, including torque plate honing, full engine balancing, and essential new bearings and seals throughout. Each engine is equipped with a harmonic balancer, head studs, and precision-polished camshafts, ensuring that your Duramax LLY engine not only meets but exceeds original equipment specifications.
Fits: 2004.5-2005 GM 6.6L Duramax LLY
Application Note: Optional Parts are not installed. Optional parts are covered under the manufacturer’s warranty and not by CHOATE.
Build Features: - Full CNC blue print machining on the 6.6L Engine, (bore, deck, hone and line honed)
- The Cylinder bores are blue print bored to a true 90 degrees from the crankshaft center line, prior to being diamond honed to within .0002 inch for precise piston to cylinder bore clearances.
- We main bore and line hone the crankshaft which is honed to precisely align the crankshaft in the engine block.
- We bore the block back to the crankshaft center line and hone the block to RA13 finish.
- The piston diameter measured to the nearest .0001 inch matched to cylinder bores.
- The Cylinder block is surfaced to a finish of RA30 or lower, which meets the factory specification in both flatness and smoothness for the block to head sealing surface.
- This is mandatory for proper sealing of a MLS Gasket.
- Connecting Rods, New Damper and Flexplate for Automatic Transmission.
- Check both wrist pin and crank pin to rod clearances
- All Manual Transmission Engines will incur additional charges and will be balanced to a stock flywheel.
- Or if you are using an your Aftermarket flywheel please send in to Choate
- New Upgraded Pistons .10 – .30 over New Pistons, Rings, Pin Retainers weight matched prior to crank balancing
- New OE Lifters, Lifter Guides, OE Crank Flange Bolts, updated 9.800 OE Pushrods
- Crankshaft
- Balanced with the Rotational Assembly. Checked for run-out inspected for fatigue.
- Crankshaft is polished and ground to .0005 concentricity or less.
- Camshaft
- Polished and Inspected
- New Rod, Main and Cam Bearings
- New Pushrods
- Install Rear Main Seal
- Install New Bed Seals
- Install New Rear Cover Gasket
- Install Upper and Lower Oil Pan Gaskets
- Install Pickup Tube O-Ring
- Rear Cover Installed
Note: $500 Shipping surcharge will be added at checkout